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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1989

PARTICIPANTS IN THE DRAWING CONTEST SCHOOL PUPILS.

SHOULD BE LOCAL

PRIMARY

THE DRAWINGS SHOULD BE 29 CM BY 38 CM (11 INCHES BY 15 IN SIZE BUT THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON COLOURING MATERIALS NUMBER OF ENTRIES.

OR

INCHES) THE

THE ESSAY COMPETITION IS OPEN ΤΟ ALL HONG KONG REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE.

RESIDENTS

CONTESTS,

MEDALS AND PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO WINNERS OF THE THE WINNING ENTRIES WILL BE DISPLAYED IN AN EXHIBITION TO BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.

AT THE TAI FO DISTRICT

TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 0-6577111, EXT. 254.

GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY FOR OCTOBER DECEMBER

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IN OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1989.

ΤΟ

CONDUCT

THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED MONTHLY SINCE AUGUST 1981. COLLECTS INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE GENERAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULLATION.

IN ADDITION, QUESTIONS ON HONG KONG RESIDENTS' EXPENDITURE ABROAD, HOSPITALISATION, HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON RENT, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS WORKING IN CHINA AND EMPLOYMENT OF DOMESTIC HELPERS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE OCTOBER TO DECEMBER QUARTER.

SOME 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE SELECTED AT RANDOM EACH MONTH FROM ALL DISTRICTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY.

ABOUT HALF OF THE HOUSEHOLDS INTERVIEWED THREE MONTHS AGO WILL BE SURVEYED AGAIN TO MEASURE MORE ACCURATELY THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEN.

A BILINGUAL LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY AND TO SEEK THEIR CO-OPERATION.

ASSISTANT CENSUS AND SURVEY OFFICERS. EACH CARRYING AN IDENTITY CARD ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT. WILL VISIT THESE HOUSEHOLDS TO COLLECT THE REQUIRED INFORMATION.

THE

ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE TREATED IN CONFIDENCE AND WILL NOT BE REVEALED ΤΟ ANY PERSON OR ORGANISATION OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT.

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